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Do not fill this in! ===Cinema=== {{Main|Cinema of Argentina}} [[File:Gaumont Cinema.jpg|thumb|upright|[[:es:Cine Gaumont|Gaumont Cinema]] opened in 1912.]] [[Cinema of Argentina|Argentine cinema]] history began in Buenos Aires with the first film exhibition on 18 July 1896 at the [[Teatro Odeón]].<ref name="surdelsur">{{cite web|url=http://surdelsur.com/es/historia-cine-argentino/|title=Historia del Cine Argentino (1896–1945)|last1=Sendrós|first1=Paraná|date=28 July 2014 |publisher=El Sur del Sur|access-date=29 February 2016|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306045440/http://surdelsur.com/es/historia-cine-argentino/|archive-date=6 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="cineoficial">{{cite web|url=http://www.argentina.gob.ar/informacion/cultura/105-cine.php|title=Cultura: Cine|publisher=Presidency of the Argentine Nation|access-date=29 February 2016|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306162448/http://www.argentina.gob.ar/informacion/cultura/105-cine.php|archive-date=6 March 2016}}</ref> With his 1897 film, ''[[La bandera Argentina]]'', [[Eugène Py]] became one of the first filmmakers of the country; the film features a waving Argentine flag located at Plaza de Mayo.<ref name="cineoficial"/> In the early 20th century, the first [[movie theaters]] of the country opened in Buenos Aires, and [[newsreel]]s appeared, most notably ''El Viaje de Campos Salles a Buenos Aires''.<ref name="cineoficial"/> The real industry emerged with the advent of [[sound film]]s, the first one being ''[[Muñequitas porteñas]]'' (1931).<ref name="surdelsur"/><ref name="cineoficial"/> The newly founded [[Argentina Sono Film]] released ''[[¡Tango!]]'' in 1933, the first integral sound production in the country.<ref name="cineoficial"/> During the 1930s and the 1940s (commonly referred as the "Golden Age" of Argentine cinema), many films revolved around the city of Buenos Aires and tango culture, reflected in titles such as ''[[La vida es un tango]]'', ''[[El alma del bandoneón]]'', ''[[Goodbye Buenos Aires|Adiós Buenos Aires]]'', ''[[El Cantor de Buenos Aires]]'' and ''[[Buenos Aires Sings|Buenos Aires canta]]''. [[Cinema of Argentina|Argentine films]] were exported across Latin America, specially [[Libertad Lamarque]]'s melodramas, and the comedies of [[Luis Sandrini]] and [[Niní Marshall]]. The popularity of local cinema in the Spanish-speaking world played a key role in the massification of tango music. [[Carlos Gardel]], an iconic figure of tango and Buenos Aires, became an international star by starring in several films during that era. In response to large studio productions, the "Generation of the 60s" appeared, a group of filmmakers that produced the first [[Modernism|modernist]] films in Argentina during the early years of that decade. These included [[Manuel Antín]], [[Lautaro Murúa]] and [[René Mugica]], among others.<ref name="surdelsur2">{{cite web|url=http://surdelsur.com/es/cine-argentino/|title=El Cine Argentino (1945–1995)|last1=Sendrós|first1=Paraná|date=29 July 2014 |publisher=El Sur del Sur|access-date=29 February 2016|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190124/http://surdelsur.com/es/cine-argentino/|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:La Ciudad al Aire Libre.jpg|thumb|left|A screening at [[Parque Centenario]], as part of the 2011 edition of [[Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema|BAFICI]]]] During the second half of the decade, films of social protest were presented in clandestine exhibitions, the work of [[Grupo Cine Liberación]] and Grupo Cine de la Base, who advocated what they called "[[Third Cinema]]". At that time, the country was under a [[military dictatorship]] after the [[coup d'état]] known as [[Argentine Revolution]]. One of the most notable films of this movement is {{lang|es|[[The Hour of the Furnaces|La hora de los hornos]]}} (1968) by [[Fernando Solanas]]. During the period of democracy between 1973 and 1975, the local cinema experienced critical and commercial success, with titles including ''[[Juan Moreira (1973 film)|Juan Moreira]]'' (1973), ''[[La Patagonia rebelde]]'' (1974), ''[[La Raulito]]'' (1975), and ''[[The Truce (1974 film)|La tregua]]'' (1974) – which became the first Argentine film nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]]. However, because of censorship and a new military government, Argentine cinema stalled until the return of democracy in the 1980s. This generation – known as "Argentine Cinema in Liberty and Democracy" – were mostly young or postponed filmmakers and gained international notoriety. ''[[Camila (film)|Camila]]'' (1984) by [[María Luisa Bemberg]] was nominated for the Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards, and [[Luis Puenzo]]'s ''[[La historia oficial]]'' (1985) was the first Argentine film to receive the award. Located in Buenos Aires is the Pablo Ducrós Hicken Museum of Cinema, the only one in the country dedicated to Argentine cinema and a pioneer of its kind in Latin America.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/museodelcine/historia|title=Museo del Cine: Historia|publisher=Government of the City of Buenos Aires|access-date=29 February 2016|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306055500/http://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/museodelcine/historia|archive-date=6 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Every year, the city hosts the [[Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema]] (BAFICI), which, in its 2015 edition, featured 412 films from 37 countries, and an attendance of 380 thousand people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://festivales.buenosaires.gob.ar/2015/bafici/es|title=Un festival en constante crecimiento|publisher=Government of the City of Buenos Aires|access-date=29 February 2016|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160228200102/http://festivales.buenosaires.gob.ar/2015/bafici/es|archive-date=28 February 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Buenos Aires also hosts various other festivals and film cycles, like the [[Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre]], devoted to horror. 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